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Chairperson of the National Assembly of Bulgaria

Presiding officer of the National Assembly of Bulgaria

Presiding officer of the National Assembly of Bulgaria

FieldValue
postChairperson
bodythe National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria
native_nameПредседател на Народното събрание на Република България
Predsedatel na Narodnoto sabranie na Republika Balgariya
imageRaya Nazaryan (51NS).png
incumbentRaya Nazaryan
incumbentsince29 October 2025
styleMister/Madam President
departmentNational Assembly of Bulgaria
residenceNo official residence
seatOld Parliament House, Sofia
appointerNational Assembly
termlengthFour years
formation14 February 1879
inauguralAnthim I
salarymonthly

Predsedatel na Narodnoto sabranie na Republika Balgariya

The chairperson of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria () is the presiding officer of the National Assembly of Bulgaria. The assembly selects the chairperson during its opening session. The term of the chairperson coincides with the term of the assembly. The salary of the chairperson is per month.

List of chairpersons (1879–present)

This is a list of all chairpersons of the National Assembly of Bulgaria from its establishment in 1879 until today.

National AssemblyPortraitChairpersonTerm
Constituent National Assembly[[File:Antim I (1816-1888).jpg80px]]Anthim I14 February 1879 – 16 April 1879
1st Grand National Assembly17 April 1879 – 26 June 1879
1st Ordinary National Assembly[[File:Каравелов Петко.jpg80px]]Petko Karavelov21 October 1879 – 24 November 1879
2nd Ordinary National Assembly23 March 1880 – 26 March 1880
[[File:2010-03-10 Petko Slaveikov Bonn Duisdorf Exhibition 01.JPG80px]]Petko Slaveykov26 March 1880 – 28 November 1880
[[File:Nikola Suknarov.jpg80px]]Nikola Suknarov29 November 1880 – 18 December 1880
2nd Grand National Assembly[[File:Todor Ikonomov.jpg80px]]Todor Ikonomov1 July 1881
3rd Ordinary National Assembly[[File:Митрополит Варненский и Преславский Симеон.jpg80px]]11 December 1882 – 8 September 1883
[[File:Dimitar Grekov.jpg80px]]Dimitar Grekov9 September 1883 – 25 December 1883
4th Ordinary National Assembly[[File:Каравелов Петко.jpg80px]]Petko Karavelov27 June 1884 – 30 June 1884
[[File:Stefan Stambolov by Georgi Danchov Zografina.jpg80px]]Stefan Stambolov30 June 1884 – 26 August 1886
[[File:Georgi Zhivkov Ivan Karastoyanov.JPG80px]]Georgi Zhivkov1 September 1886 – 6 September 1886
3rd Grand National Assembly19 October 1886 – 1 November 1886
[[File:Dimitar Tonchev.png80px]]Dimitar Tonchev22 June 1887 – 3 August 1887
5th Ordinary National Assembly15 October 1887 – 12 December 1888
[[File:Zahariy Stoyanov - Dimitar Karastoyanov Foto.jpg80px]]Zahari Stoyanov13 December 1888 – 6 September 1889
[[File:Panayot Slavkov.jpg80px]]Panayot Slavkov22 October 1889 – 15 October 1890
6th Ordinary National Assembly15 October 1890 – 12 December 1892
[[File:D. Petkov (W Le Queux).jpg80px]]Dimitar Petkov14 December 1892 – 3 May 1893
4th Grand National Assembly3 May 1893 – 17 May 1893
7th Ordinary National Assembly15 October 1893 – 19 November 1893
[[File:Georgi Zhivkov Ivan Karastoyanov.JPG80px]]Georgi Zhivkov20 November 1893 – 1 August 1894
8th Ordinary National Assembly[[File:Teodor Teodorov.jpg80px]]Teodor Teodorov15 October 1894 – 10 October 1896
9th Ordinary National AssemblyGeorgi Yankulov1 December 1896 – 19 December 1898
10th Ordinary National Assembly[[File:Dimitar Vachov.jpg80px]]Dimitar Vachov16 May 1899 – 1 October 1899
[[File:Jecho-Bakalov.jpg80px]]Zhecho Bakalov18 October 1899 – 29 September 1900
11th Ordinary National Assembly[[File:Ivan Geshov.jpg80px]]Ivan Evstratiev Geshov22 February 1901 – 25 October 1901
[[File:Marko Balabanov.jpg80px]]Marko Balabanov25 October 1901 – 23 December 1901
12th Ordinary National Assembly[[File:Dragan-Tzankov.png80px]]Dragan Tsankov22 April 1902 – 21 August 1903
13th Ordinary National Assembly[[File:Petar Staykov.jpg80px]]Petar Staykov2 November 1903 – 30 January 1904
[[File:Todor Gatev with the Bulgarian Secret Central Committee Plovdiv 1885.jpg80px]]Todor Gatev20 October 1904 – 18 December 1905
[[File:PetarGudev.jpg80px]]Petar Gudev17 October 1905 – 2 March 1907
Dobri Petkov5 March 1907 – 18 April 1908
14th Ordinary National Assembly[[File:Hristo Slaveykov.jpg80px]]Hristo Slaveykov15 June 1908 – 15 September 1910
[[File:Petar Orahovats.jpg80px]]Petar Orahovats15 October 1910 – 15 February 1911
5th Grand National Assembly[[File:S.danev.jpg80px]]Stoyan Danev9 June 1911 – 9 July 1911
15th Ordinary National Assembly15 October 1911 – 1 June 1913
[[File:Ivan Geshov.jpg80px]]Ivan Evstratiev Geshov26 June 1913 – 23 July 1913
16th Ordinary National Assembly[[File:Dimitar Vachov.jpg80px]]Dimitar Vachov19 December 1913 – 31 December 1913
17th Ordinary National Assembly20 March 1914 – 15 April 1919
18th Ordinary National Assembly[[File:BASA-19K-1-164-6.jpg80px]]Naycho Tsanov10 October 1919
Nedyalko Atanasov2 October 1919 – 20 February 1920
19th Ordinary National Assembly[[File:Aleksandar Botev.jpg80px]]Aleksandar Botev15 April 1920 – 24 June 1921
Nedyalko Atanasov4 November 1921 – 11 March 1923
20th Ordinary National Assembly[[File:Aleksandar Botev.jpg80px]]Aleksandar Botev21 May 1923 – 11 June 1923
21st Ordinary National Assembly[[File:Todor Kulev.jpg80px]]Todor Kulev9 December 1923 – 4 January 1926
[[File:Aleksandar Tsankov.png80px]]Aleksandar Tsankov5 January 1926 – 15 April 1927
22nd Ordinary National Assembly19 June 1927 – 15 May 1930
[[File:Nikola Naydenov.jpg80px]]Nikola Naydenov21 May 1930 – 15 April 1931
23rd Ordinary National Assembly[[File:Stefan Stefanov.jpg80px]]Stefan Stefanov20 August 1931 – 12 October 1931
[[File:Al.malinov.jpg80px]]Aleksandar Malinov15 October 1931 – 18 May 1934
24th Ordinary National Assembly[[File:Stoycho Moshanov.jpg80px]]Stoycho Moshanov22 May 1938 – 24 October 1939
25th Ordinary National AssemblyNikola Logofetov24 February 1940 – 16 May 1941
[[File:Hristo Kalfov.png80px]]Hristo Kalfov16 May 1941 – 23 August 1944
26th Ordinary National Assembly[[File:V.kolarov.jpg80px]]Vasil Kolarov15 December 1945 – 6 November 1946
6th Grand National Assembly7 November 1946 – 21 October 1949
1st (27th) National Assembly[[File:BASA-042-1-11-2.jpg80px]]Ferdinand Kozovski1 February 1950 – 2 December 1953
2nd (28th) National Assembly14 January 1954 – 11 December 1957
3rd (29th) National Assembly13 January 1958 – 4 November 1961
4th (30th) National Assembly15 March 1962 – 12 September 1965
Sava Ganovski6 December 1965 – 8 December 1965
5th (31st) National Assembly11 March 1966 – 6 July 1971
6th (32nd) National Assembly[[File:Kongres of MFO 1923 (Georgi Traychev).jpg80px]]Georgi Traykov7 July 1971 – 27 April 1972
Vladimir Bonev27 April 1972 – 9 March 1976
7th (33rd) National Assembly15 June 1976 – 7 April 1981
8th (34th) National Assembly[[File:Stanko Todorov.jpg80px]]Stanko Todorov16 June 1981 – 21 March 1986
9th (35th) National Assembly17 June 1986 – 3 April 1990
7th Grand National Assembly[[File:Nikolai Todorov (1972).tiff80px]]Nikolai Todorov17 July 1990 – 2 October 1991
36th National AssemblyStefan Savov4 November 1991 – 24 September 1992
Aleksandar Yordanov5 November 1992 – 17 October 1994
37th National Assembly[[File:Blagovest Sendov.jpg80px]]Blagovest Sendov12 January 1995 – 13 February 1997
38th National AssemblyYordan Sokolov7 May 1997 – 19 April 2001
39th National Assembly[[File:Ognyan Gerdzhikov.jpg80px]]Ognyan Gerdzhikov5 July 2001 – 4 February 2005
[[File:Borislav Velikov (39NS).png80px]]Borislav Velikov23 February 2005 – 17 June 2005
40th National Assembly[[File:Georgi Pirinski 2009.jpg80px]]Georgi Pirinski11 July 2005 – 25 June 2009
41st National Assembly[[File:Tsetska Tsacheva - 2017 (cropped).jpg80px]]Tsetska Tsacheva14 July 2009 – 13 March 2013
42nd National Assembly[[File:MihailMikov3.jpg80px]]Mihail Mikov21 May 2013 – 6 August 2014
43rd National Assembly[[File:Tsetska Tsacheva - 2017 (cropped).jpg80px]]Tsetska Tsacheva27 October 2014 – 26 January 2017
44th National Assembly[[File:Dimitar Glavchev 2024.jpg101x101px]]Dimitar Glavchev19 April 2017 – 17 November 2017
[[File:Tsveta Karayancheva (50NS).png107x107px]]Tsveta Karayancheva17 November 2017 – 25 March 2021
45th National Assembly[[File:Iva Miteva (cropped).jpg80px]]Iva Miteva15 April 2021 – 11 May 2021
46th National Assembly21 July 2021 – 16 September 2021
47th National Assembly[[File:1718705209170 20240617 MINCHEV Nikola BG 003.jpg103x103px]]Nikola Minchev2 December 2021 – 16 June 2022
[[File:Miroslav Ivanov (47NS).png107x107px]]Miroslav Ivanov16 June 2022 – 1 August 2022
48th National Assembly[[File:Vezhdi Rashidov (49NS).png107x107px]]Vezhdi Rashidov21 October 2022 – 3 February 2023
49th National Assembly[[File:Rosen Zhelyazkov.png80px]]Rosen Zhelyazkov19 April 2023 – 25 April 2024
[[File:Rositsa Kirova.png107x107px]]Rositsa Kirova25 April 2024 – 19 June 2024
50th National Assembly[[File:Raya Nazaryan (48NS).png80px]]Raya Nazaryan20 June 2024 – 11 November 2024
51st National Assembly[[File:Nataliya Kiselova.png80px]]Nataliya Kiselova6 December 2024 – 29 October 2025
[[File:Raya Nazaryan (51NS).png107x107px]]Raya Nazaryan29 October 2025 – present

List of living former chairpersons of the National Assembly

NameTerm of officeDate of birth
Aleksandar Yordanov1992–1994
Ognyan Gerdzhikov2001–2005
Borislav Velikov2005
Georgi Pirinski2005–2009
Mihail Mikov2013–2014
Tsetska Tsacheva2009–2013
2014–2017
Dimitar Glavchev2017
Tsveta Karayancheva2017–2021
Iva Miteva2021
Nikola Minchev2021–2022
Vezhdi Rashidov2022–2023
Rosen Zhelyazkov2023–2024
Nataliya Kiselova2024
Raya Nazaryan2024

Notes

  1. Naycho Tsanov retired for political reasons on 10 October 1919, his duties being done by vice-chairman Nedyalko Atanasov.
  2. Nikolay Georgiev was acting Chairman 20 April 1964 – 23 April 1964.
  3. After the 7th Grand National Assembly dissolved on 12 July 1991, it continued to function as an Ordinary National Assembly until 2 October the same year.
  4. Snezhana Bothusharova was acting Chairman 24 September 1992 – 5 November 1992
  5. Kamelia Kasabova was acting Chairman 4 February 2005 – 23 February 2005

References

References

  1. (14 February 2018). "Bulgaria hikes pay for MPs, Prime Minister and President".
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